2025 city council candidate files lawsuit challenging Ketchum City Council election results
BOISE, Idaho — A 2025 candidate for Ketchum City Council filed a lawsuit challenging the Nov. 4 elections, over how candidate names were rotated on ballots.
Candidate Perry Boyle is asking the court to annul the certified results and order a new election, according to a news release from the Blaine County Clerk. Boyle's argument centers on the rotation of his name on ballots.
Officials said Ketchum has two precincts, and candidates were listed alphabetically with rotation by precinct, consistent with the Secretary of State Phil McGrane's regulations. In one precinct, Boyle's name appeared first on the ballot. In the other precinct, the candidate list was rotated by one position, placing his name last.
The Blaine County Clerk said the county followed state law regarding ballot name rotation.
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